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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/15/1966 4 .-----."-' . rUHUTES OF THE RE_~1JJ;:~~J~E.~~~OJ~_9_F~IARCa .~~~966 CONTIl:UED .------- ----..-..--.---_u-- .--- ----.--------------- --.-- It vms moved bv Councilman Siebenbaum seconded by Councilman i-ìoglund tha t the resolut on do I now pass. Motion carried. 8 ADJOURN?1ENT As there was no further business to come before the Councila at this time it was moved by Councilman Lindsey seconded by Councilman Siebenbaum that the meeting do now adjourn. Motion carr ied. City ~ :TAYOR L UdêlJ I A tte s t: i.IIi':'UTES OF TI:::¿ Rj;G. LAR S:":;SSIJ1~ OF :.;ARC!-I l~ 1966 ~=aI'çh 15, 1966 lJort Tormsend, Hash ington I The Ci ty Council of the Ci ty of Port Townsend met in reß--lar session tl'lÌs 15th day of l.iarch 1966 at 7:30 p.~il. in the council chambers of the City Hall. ;Iayor Sullivan presiding. ROLL Cf.LL Officers and members present 'were as follows: Eayor SuP_ivan, City Attorney Abraham, City Clerk Youngblood, Counc ilman Ruby, S iebenba"lun, Lindsey, Carter, Swietzer, Jur-y. Counc iLlan Hoglund absent. ;';ETUT:"i:S OF TIE PRZVIOUS SESSIG:'-T 8 :Iinutes of tho previous session were read in full al1.à. it vias ~..lOved b~T Cou..ncilman ~inc~sey seconded by Councilman Ruby that the minutes be approved as read and that the I:ayor and City Clerk sign same. ;,Iotiœl carried. BUI:='vL=G P:..:TI=:I TS Tne follor/ing building per:l.1i ts nor e prese:'l.ted and acted WJon as follorls: Claude Pray, Carport, 18'X24', Frarne, 624 lJolk, ~;200.00. " Joseph L. Gilles, Porch, 12'X12', FraLæ, 14th ~ Cleveland, ~200.00. Gordon Ì'.iosley, Carport, 10'X20', 7rame, 726 Cosgrove, Ü300.00. It vIas :lOved by Counc LLl:1an Judy seconded by Councilman Siebenbaul11 that the building pe rmits be ßranted. :.otion carried. I CO:.:: lJIU CA 'rI ONS Tne follouing colill:1Unicat:-.ons i'lere read and acted upon as follorls: From Statewide City 3mployees Retirement System :aI'ch 7, 1966 to:wit. Gale I. Youngbliliod City Clerk Port Tovmsend, r!ash5..ngton Re: Carl P. ==ullen Eembership No. 602.~-58 8 Dear l',:ickey: The member will attain normal retirement age 64 by April 1,1966 and should retire on that date. :;:Io~.-¡ever his retirement date may be extended one year b;T action of your Ci ty Council. Has the Council taken Actionî Please advise. Sincerely, Statewide City ~rwloyees Retirement System Sarle Tinius Executive Secretary. I The City Clerk informed the Council that I:Ir. ?Jullen would like to continue for another year. It \'las moved b~- Councilman Carter seconded by Col1.ncilman Rub;y that ;rr ;:ullen work '.-li tll tl"le City of I"ort Townsend be extended one l:10re year. ::otion carried. FR 0;,.; CI-I~S TER R. DA';JS Ol-T l,;arch 12, 1966, to-wit: I Ci ty Council, City of Port Tormsend Gentlemen: I have heard that a com,,1ittee of the Chamber of Com.merce hö.s had discuss5_ons with you about taxes to raise needed city revenues. As a home-owning taxpayer I want to protest any rHise in the utilities tax because this would be discriminatory and unfair to t~oes usi~ gas are electric heat by letting those using oil heat ~o untaxed b the city. The committee also contends such a tax plus a possible raise in water rates would be fair because it would be broad based. I say it would be unfair because any increase of fl.OO or more per month would hit tl:ose least able to pay by as much as 11& per r'lOnth, vv'hile most busin3ss ::1en would pay no :-.lore than 1/10 of 1% of their incol7le per month. In 1962 we had a 9.21& increase in our water, seVIer & Garbage service. A ~~l.OO addition would be a 16 ~ 2/3% increase in city fee on top of a 12% increase in county tax. Tne business Y:1en of this city have been dodßÜ1,~ their fair share of city ta.."œs for ~-:10re than 100 years. In my opinion th. e best way f'. or them to moot t~lGir civic obligations would be a "51;'OS3 businGs s tax such as the one used by the City of Everett VI~ich has been presented to :TOU by' the 8 I 'I - -_J """ ~ ~:lINUTES OF TIlE REGULAR SESSION OF I'..1ARCH 15, 1966 CON'rIHUED 8 I I 8 I 8 I I' 8 L City Clerk. Such a tax is also the best way to tax certain chain o:rganiza tions vvhich now pay almost nothing to the ci ty. An objection hö.s been made that such a tax would publicize a man I s business. Such an argument is specious and in fact a reflect.ion on the integri ty of the City Clerk and City Treasurer. The business men of this city could and should pay all of the additional $30,000.00 needed by the city. In the long run they would get much of it back because o:~ better streets, parking, lights, police and fire protection, which wouJd be an added inducement for people to move to this fine community. Hopefull yours . Chester R. Dawson 536 Clay St. FROM STATE OF WASHINGTON DEP ARTMENT OF HEALTH March 3, 1966 . to-wit: Honorable Mayer and Members . of the City Council City of Port Townsend Port Townsend, Wash ing ton Gen tlemen: Re: Outfall Design Report City of Port Torn send Subject report received in this office February 17,1966, ha.s been reviewed, and, in accordance with Chapter .92 of the codified Rules and Regulatj_ons of.' the state Board of HeäL th and the State Department of Health is hereby approved. Very truly yours, Bernard Bucove, M.D" State Director of Health. From Washington State Polluti ~)n Control Commission March 3, 1966 to-vii t: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Co~~cil Ci ty Hall Port Townsend, Washington 98368 Subject: Sewerage System In~rovements Outfall Design Report Gentlemen: In accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Pollution Control COj"ù'Üssion, the subject report has been reviewed and is hereby approved. Very truly yours, Roy M. Harris Director From McLean & Company, Inc. Tacoma, Wn. to-wit: Feb. 14, 1966 Honorable Mayor and City Council City of Port To¥nsend Ci ty Hall Port Townsënd, Washington Gentlemen: In accordance with our contract and your reauest, we have made a study of the financial feasibility of ýour proposed sewèr project. Your engineers have estimcated the cost at $920,000, and we have based our calculations on that figure. The City could, of course, issue any number of bonds under that amount. We have used the records of the City Treasurer and City Clerk in making our study and have concluded that by combining the Water and Sewer De~artments to one system, the sewer rates would need to be adjusted from $1.00 per month to $3.00 per month for each residential customer presently receiving se~er service, and that those who would receive service from the new system as included in the proposed project, the rates 1i'lould need to be ~ß4. 00 per month per residentialll customer: Commercial ånd industrial rates would need to be changed sufficiently to be comparabrn..e with the increase in rates in other areas in your vicinity. At present the Ci ty has 1230 sewer customers and an increase of ~~2. ('0 would mean in increase of $29,55 per year. There would be 243 additional customers from the new system, which at $4.00 would accumulate another $11,600 per year. Fort Worden is estimated tp pay $9,000 IE r year and the increase in commercials $2',800 additional per year, and this total toget~.....er with the historical income for the system of $15,100 per year, totals $68,000 annual income to be derivetl ~rom the sewer system when it is completed. In addition, the Wat~r .Department is ~resently I earning approximately $95,000 in gross income, making a total for the two departments of $163, 000. ~is sum, less maint~nance ,an. d operation. costs, e~tima.ted ~t $65,00? fG r y~ar,leavei $98,000 avallable for debt serVlce on the out standlng bond lssue of $250,000 lssued ln 1959, and the new bonds which are intended to be issued in 1966. The coverage factor will exceed 1.55 ti times anticipated debt service.' 0 If We therefore believe that the project, if completed within the scope indicated by your consultihg engineering firm and todayls market values for bonds of a similar nature and character, that your proposed sewer project is financially feasible. Yours very truly, McLean & Company, I~c. By Paul Flint - ---- - . - - II ".- (j - - =:'7;U'r;_~s _02 Tnd~ B~T}:k~~:L ~~3~];Q~l œ?_;dS.~c=: ~~--1.llii6 r.O:;-fJ1r":T::n þ------'- -.._------ -------~- -.----- . ._~- PETITION FO~STREET VACATI~N TO THE HOnORABLE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT T01;mSEND: The undersigned, KARL JACOBSEN & LILLIAN JAC03SEN, huaband and wife, and OLAF TJmISLAND & GERTRUBE TJZl.:SLiiND, husband and wife, constituting all of the abutting owners upon the steet herein here and hereby respectfully petition the said City Council for the described portion of City street. 8 requested to be vacated vacation of the following That portion of I/[aple Street lying between f ~ Street and T Street. I Petitioners agree to pay costs of publication of and Ordinance vacating said portion of street, and request a hearing of their petition after due notice given in the form and manner required by law. Olaf T jemsland Gertrude Tjernsland Lillian Jacobsen Karl Jacobsen STATE OF WASHINGTON) ss COUNTY OF JEFFERSON) I DARL JACOBSEN, LILLIAN JACOBSEN, OLAF TJEIISLAND AHD G::!:RTRUDE TJ~:iSLAND, each being first duly sworn, each for himself deposes and says: I am one of the petitioners in the above and foregoing ßetition for street vacation; I hö.ve read the s~me, know the contents thereof, and the same is true as I believe. Olaf Tjemsland Gertrude Tjemsland Lillian Jacobsen Karl Jacobsen Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day of i.larch, 1966 Glenn D. Abraham Jr. Notary Public in and for the State of \"Jashington, residing at Port Townsend 8 Councilman Lindsey made a motion seconded by Counci~man Siebonbaum that a public hearing be held on the above petition April 19, 1966. I:Iotion carried. ORDnJA~TCE NO. 1485 AN ORDIlJAlTC:Z V ACATIITG Tl:!A T PORTIOn OF THE SUPPLE- LŒl'JTAL PLAT OF THE ElXEiT3JIS ADDITIon TO THE CITY OF PORT To':mSEI-ID i¡::ICH IS KIBRAC:J:D ì'JITHIlT AJ\jD BO-_Ì'IDED B' TH~ OUT:;J;R PERII,IETERS O? BLOCKS :¿03, 204 225, 226, :¿27, 232, 203, 234,252, 253, and 254, HTCL lIDL\G ALL PLATTED S TRJ~~TS T~mREIH. I Cit~ Attorneysaid this was the carrying out of the vote of the council last meeting to vacate this portion of the Eisenbeis platt and it has had block 235 removed from it, which was the. block adjacent to that portion of street that was not vacated,LIr Cusack and the Bishops joined in the petition and the council directed that if åcquisition of the Cusack interest was not made they would not vacate that area. The Ordinance does not include that street or the adjacent block. It was moved by Councilman Siebenbaum seconded by CouncilDan Judy that the first reading of Ord. 1485 be considered the seconded reading and the third reading be by title only. Motion carried. THIRD RZADIl\G OF ORD. NO. 1485 Ord. No. 1485 was again read for the tl:.ird time by ti tle only and it was moved by CounciL-:'.an Lindsey seconded by Councilman Ruby that the Ord. do now pass. Motion carried. 8 ORDINANCE HO. 1486 AN ORDINAi'TCE VACATDTG THAT PORTION OF 4th STRŒT LYING BET.V.3EH HENDRICKS STR3ET AND GRANT STREET It was moved by Councilmö.n Siebenbaum seconded by Councilman Judy that the first reading be considered the second reading and the third reading be by title only. Motion carried. PUBLIC HEARING I Mayor Sullivan informed the Council and Public that this was the time and place for the Public hearing on the preliminary plat of the Bishop Depelopment Co. for either passage or rejection. Hearing no objections he coIled upon the council for their decåsion. It was moved by Councilman Siebenbaum seconded by Councilman Ruby that the preliminö.ry plat of the Bishop Development Co. be approved. Motion carried. . Councilman Ruby asked 1w Bishop i~ the Co. was going to put the streets in without cost to the ci ty. T/Ir Bishop said there would be no cost to the city. It was moved by Councilman Lindsey seconded by Councilman Judy that the XXNãX hearimg ba the final plat be held April 5,1966. LIotion carried. I:Iayor Sullivan referred it also to the planning comDission. I ORDINANCE NO. 1487 AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATIH; THE SUM OF $2,500.00 TO CAPITAL OUTLAY IN THE 1966 BUDGET OF THE PORT TO'NNS:2:ND SE'/iER DEPARTI~NT, AND DECLARING AN E111iRGENCY. Due to the nature of the above ordinance it had to be held ov~r until the next regular session. Councilman Lindseystated that he the City Engineer, Police Chief, r~r Lee of the Ferry Corp. ~r Arey had met on the ferry traffic problem and he asked the Police Chief to give a report. ~~ Phegley said that the chamber of co~merce would like to have the traffic on water street instead of rerouting them out of town by washington or Lawrence St. ¡Ie stated that there would be further discussion on the subject. He also said that the parking area would be up quincy, down Washington down Monroe and Vvater Street by this type of' parking they could get out of their cars and wander up town if they so desired. 8 II Ii ~ '"' . " MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF ~~RCH 15, 1966 CONTINUED I Mr Roberts, chairman of the chambers tourist and recreation committee pointed to the large number of city visitors by ferry traffic and thought it would be wrong to route them anyother way except water st. t~. Fred Lester uptown businessman thought personal business Wö.S being brought into the matter to much and thought we should think in favor of the best possible route and favored Chief Phegley recommendation at the last council meeting to route ferry traf~Qc through the"uptown area via Lawrence St. then down Monroe and'onto#ater St. 1w H. J. Carrol of Olympic Ferries said the ferry parking l&t itself would be a lot better this year. . Councilman Siebenbaum reported on behalf of the councils finance committee, saying that the co~mittee had met with the chmmittee from the chamber of commerce on ways and means in getting additional revenue for the city. He said the group had decided the best way to raise the money was by increasing both citY,and public' utilities the increases would be 79~ m9re per month on water and 50~ more per month on garbage service and Public Utilites would pay double the. cûrrènt B&O tax. He said these increases would bring in some $35 to 38,000. additional revenue. He also said they talked"or"repealing the Green River Ordinance and put in a peddlers license. He also stated that there would be other meetings held on the matter befoÐe bringing it before the council for action. He also pofunted out that the city cannot d9pend on the 10% r~turn of state sales taxes which is expected to be on the ballot this year. Councilman Ruby protested the increasing the charge to public utilities. Councilman Lindsey said he t ought the council sho Id come up with some sor of a business license rathÐr than increasing rates on utilities. Councilman Carter mentioned that the city would have to raise water and sewer rates in connection with the proposed 1966 bond issues. Cit? Attorney Abraham mentioned initiative"226 on the city receiving 10% of the sales tax. He advised the council and everyone else present that we have to get thoes petitions signed and sent in or we we would not have it on the ballot, he also said he had found substantial I opposition to the initiative from various groups. Councilman Siebenbaum asked the council to re-open the request by Mr Eccles a nursery operato~ for the purchase of city property at Cherry and T Street. He said the request was turned down by the council at the last regular meeting and at that time he didnt quite understand the situation on why he needed the additional property. A~ter some disucssion it was approved by the council to re-open the request,a Mayor Sullivan referred the matter to the street committee for .a report at the next regular session. Councilman Ruby reported that the wooden steps fronl Washington St ot Polk street was in need of' repair and also mentioned the water hole behind the (PSL%L Co shold be fillêd in so that addi tional parking could be had. Mayor §ullivan referred the two to) the Street commi ttee. A group of DeMolay boys who had taken over city offic es for the day \vere II' esent., ~ach were introduced by the Mayor, each spoke on their impression of the various city offices 8 I 8 ADJOURNMENT As there was no further business to come Councilman Swietzer seconded by Councilmö.n carried. I Attest: before the council at this time it was moved by Lindsey that the meeting do now adjourn. Motion MAYOR f)~*<-~ i:~ra/Ÿ<) . MINUTES OF TH~ REGULAR SESSION OF APRIL 5, 196ß April "5,' 1966 Port Townsend, Wa~3hington The City Council of the City of Port ToWlsend met in regular session this 5th day of April 1966 ö.t 7:30 p.m. in the council chambers of the City Hall. Mayor ~)ullivan presiding. ROLL CALL - " 8 Officers and members present were as follows: Mayor Sullivan, City Attorney Abraham, City Clerk Youngblood, Councilmen Siebenbaum, Lindsey, Carter, Sweitzer, Hoglund, Judy, Ruby. MINUTES OF THE ill EVI JUS SESSION . - Minutes of the previous session were read in full and it was moved by Councilman Lindsey seconded by Councilman Ruby that the minutes be approved as read and that the Mayor and City C19rk sign same. Motion carried. I BILLS & CLAIMS The following bills & Claims as audited by the finance committee vrere presented and acted upon as follows: I CURRENT EXPENSE FUND----------------Voucher WATER FUND---------~----------------Voucher STREET FUND-------- ---- -- --- ---- -- --Voucher GARBAGE FUND------------------------Voucher SEWER FUND--------------------------Voucher LIBRARY FUND----- -------'--------- ---Vnucher PARK FUND---------------------------Uoucher ORD. NO~ 1321-----------------------Voucher No. 3854 No. 1172 No. 761 No. 702 No. 408 No. 874 No. 511 No.222 through through through through through through through through 3906---~$5,297.46 1193---~$3,337.77 773-~--~$1,719.00 716----~$1,698.90 416----~f 309.68 898----~~1,149.64 520-----i 367.06 223----~, 85.00 It was moved by Councilman Hoglund seconded by Councilman Judy that the bills & claims be approved as read and that the Mayor and City Clerk draw warrants upon the proper funds for payment of same. Motion carried. OFFICERS REPORT 8 CITY CLERK The City Clerk reported the following salary warrants for the Month of April 1966. CURRENT EXPENSE FUND----------------Voucher WATER FUND------~--~----------------Voucher STREET FUND-------------------------Voucher GARBAGE FUND------------------------Voucher SEWER FUND--------------------------Voucher LIBRARY FUND --------r--------------Vð~cher PARK FUNÓ---------------------------~oucher FIREMEN PEN & RELIEF FUND-----------~oucher No. 3~35 through 3853-----!4,996.47 No. IJ:66 through 1171-----¿¡;1,682.55 No. 757 t~rough 760------11,206.14 No.697 through 701-----. "1,897.37 No.407-----------------~ 406.17 No.873-¿----------------$ 369.45 No. 510-----------------~$ 258.24 No.101 through 102----..$ 275.00 .. - - ---- . .